chafa

Install command: 
brew install chafa

Versatile and fast Unicode/ASCII/ANSI graphics renderer

https://hpjansson.org/chafa/

License: LGPL-3.0-or-later

Development: Pull requests

Formula JSON API: /api/formula/chafa.json

Formula code: chafa.rb on GitHub

Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:

macOS on
Apple Silicon		 golden gate ✅
tahoe ✅
sequoia ✅
Linux ARM64 ✅
x86_64 ✅

Current versions:

stable ✅ 1.18.3
head ⚡️ HEAD

Revision: 1

Depends on:

cairo 1.18.6 Vector graphics library with cross-device output support
freetype 2.15.0 Software library to render fonts
glib 2.90.1 Core application library for C
jpeg-turbo 3.2.1 JPEG image codec that aids compression and decompression
jpeg-xl 0.13.0 New file format for still image compression
libavif 1.4.2 Library for encoding and decoding .avif files
librsvg 2.63.4 Library to render SVG files using Cairo
libtiff 4.7.2 TIFF library and utilities
webp 1.6.0 Image format providing lossless and lossy compression for web images
gdk-pixbuf 2.44.8 Toolkit for image loading and pixel buffer manipulation
gettext 1.0 GNU internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n) library

Depends on when building from source:

pkgconf 3.0.10 Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit

Binaries: chafa

GitHub Packages downloads:

Last 30 days16,522
Downloads253,393
Analytics install events (30 days)3,186
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Analytics:

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Installs3,1849,12527,442
Installs (--HEAD)2535
Installs on Request2,6157,17922,601
Installs on Request (--HEAD)2535
Build Errors0